Building-partition.



J. MULARKEY.

BUILDING PARTITION" APPLICATION FILED A311. 15, 1913. RENEWED-JAR. 29, 1914.

1,1 10,708. Patented Sept. 15, 191%..

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CITY, MISSWRI.

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ifipaciflcation of Letters Qatent.

anpplication tiled Ap ri 1 5, }1 9I3, Seria1,1t'o. 761,186. Renewed January 29, 1914. 'Seria1No.815,284.

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Be it ,known that .1, JAMns Mmnnnnna citizen .cf .the United j States, residing at the invention, such as will enable Qlil ers skilled in .the .art to .which it ..a,ppertains to .make and ns'ethe .same, reference ,being had to the accompanying drawings, and-to the letters and figures .of reference .marked thereon, which form .a part of,th1s.spec1fication. My invention relatesto zblulding part1- s, and more particularly .tothe, construcwith, the principal object ,of the invention beingto provide a .simpleand economlcal arrangement of the plaster board and means .fornttaching same to studding, so as to not .only previdea simple, .substantlal and economical structurefbut to facilitate the application of the plasterboard to the studs and insure its rigld application thereto.

In .accomplishingfthis object I have provided improved .details of structure ofv :studdfilgl and a laster board fastener, the. preferred form .0 which is illustrated in the accompanying-drawings, wherein Figure I is a perspective view of part of a partition constructed according .to my invention. .F-igllis a horizontal section of same. Fig. III is a detailelevation of part offthe studding, showingthe fastening mem-. ber. Eig. lVis a detail perspective .of a

fastening. member.

Referring more in detail; to the 'parts: I .and 2 designatethe upper and lower floors of .a buildingubetween which a partition is to be erected. Fixed :tothe floors 1 and 2 .are fastening channel irons 3,,and contained within the channelirons,andextending vertically therebetween, are studs 4 which may also be constructedofchannel iron, the pre ferred construction comprising .tWo channel members arranged. back to back, and permanently connected byrivets orthe like, 5.

in order to provide simple and economical means for attaching the plaster board-to the studdin'g, I install fastening members between the members of the studding when the latter is constructed, such fastening members preferably comprising sheet metal strips Qhaving pointed ends adaptedfor pen- .etrating plaster .board, sothat when .thejlat- .ter is applied to the edges of ;a stud and penetrated by the points ,theprotected ends 'ofmthe latter maybe folded back onto.the

board to hold :sameto the studs, and when thelhoard is applied to the studs in abut- -men't .agains'tthelprojecti g portions of the fasteners, [the latter may be bent over to.

clamp the board in place. lnorder to better adapt the fasteners for suoh ,use I prefer .to provide-proj eating ends. of the fasteners with laterally turned and pointed lips 6 which are'adapted ,to penetrate the board when the fasteners are turnedthereagainst.

It is a well known fact that in building construction mostpartitions are set on sixteen, inch centers,.z'. e., the studs ,are sixteen inches .apart. It is also well known that each plaster board, lath, or the like, is adapted to overlie more than onestud. In using plaster board, of say thirty-two inches in length, the ends of .the board may be applied to alternate studs. When one stud is covered-bythe central ,portion of the board, the ends ,ofq'the board may be fastened by turning, the ends of the fastening members thereoverand pushing .the lips 6 thereinto, and the center portions of the board maybe attached to the covered .stud .by pushing ;the, board against the fasteners until the latter penetra'tethe board and then turning the projected ends of/thefastener over and aga nst theouter face of the board,

as illustrated in-Fig. I.

It is quite an advantage in partitions ofthis kind to havethe joints ofthe boards broken, 5. 6., the ends ofrthe boards on one sideofthe partition terminate at the center of the board on the opposite :side, ,and inasmuch as most of the studs are set on ,the same centers I find it convenient and economical to construct the fasteners with a View to fastening the boards to the studs in such broken joint arrangement. To this end I prefer to construct back fastener with a straight pointed .lip7 atone end, andpaired lips 8 at the opposite end, with the paired lips provided with the turned point 6. With the fasteners constructed in this manner the single points of the fasteners are all projected from the same side of a stud and the double points from the opposite side so that when the stud is sharpened laterally.

erected in a partition the studs may be arranged alternately so that ends of the plaster board on one side will abut against fasteners on alternate studs and be penetrated by the single lips of a fastener on an intermediate stud, the arrangement on the opposite side of the partition being the same but offset to provide the broken joints mentioned.

In erecting a partition of this improved type the studs which have been previously made up, with the fasteners fixed therein, are erected in the partition with the single and double pointed faces alternating, as illustrated in the drawing. Plaster board is then applied to the partition with the ends of the board abutting against the double fasteners on alternate studs, and the central portion of the board penetrated by the single points of the intermediate stud, all of the single points and one of the double points on each end fastener being turned over onto the board to hold the latter in place. After the board has been set on one end, or simultaneously with such setting,

the partition in broken joint arrangement 'so that the single and double studs may cooperate to hold the board in place and in the staggered arrangement just described.

It is apparent that by having the double points for fastening the ends of the boards, two boards may be brought into end abutment against the fasteners and one point of the fastener turned over one of the boards and the other point into the opposite direction over the other board, the pointed lips on the ends of the double fasteners being projected into the board to hold same in place.

It is apparent that studding constructed according to the above description is not only simple and economical to manufacture, and is easily transported and erected in a building, but when erected obviates-the necessity for other devices for fastening the boards in place.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new therein, and desire to secure by Letters-Patent, is Y 1. In a partition, studs comprising a first series of alternate studs having a plurality of prongs projecting therefrom on the same side of said partition, and a second series of alternate studs intermediate said first series having prongs projecting therefrom on the same side of said partition as the prongs on said first series of studs and plaster board overlying said studs, said boards having their ends abutting against the prongs on said first series of studs and their body portions penetrated by said prongs on said sec ond series of studs, and all of said prongs having their ends bent over the face of said boards, for the purpose set forth.

2. In a partition, studs comprisingalternate studs having a plurality of paired prongs projecting therefrom on the same side of said partition and intermediate s'tuds having prongs projecting therefrom on the same side of said partition as said paired prongs, and plaster board overlying said studs, said boards having their ends abutting against said paired prongs and their body portions penetrated by said prongs on said intermediate studs, and all of said prongs having their ends bent over the face of said boards, for the purpose set forth.

3. In a partition, the combination with studs having attaching members projected therefrom, the attaching members on one stud having paired prongs projected from one face and single prongs from the'opposite face, the arrangement of the prongs on adjacent studs being reversed, plaster boards applied to said studs and having their body portions penetrated by the single prongs and their ends locked by members of the double prongs on alternate studs, the ends of the.

boards on one side of the partition being in taching members, each formed from a single piece of sheet metal, having one end slit to provide prongs, and the opposite end-having a single pointed prong, the paired prongs having laterally turned and spaced anchoring lips and the single prongs being fiat, for the purpose set forth.

5. In a partition, a stud comprising attaching members, each formed from a single piece of sheet metal, having one end provided with prongs having laterally pointed lips extending in opposite directions, and the opposite end of the strip having a single pointed but unbent prong, all of the lipped prongs being extended from one face of the stud and the single prongs from the opposite face, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I aifix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

J AME S MULARKEY.

Witnesses:

ARTHUR W. CArs, LETA E. COATS. 

